For those of you who remember our post about the meat chicken that survived the big storm in a drainage ditch a couple of weeks ago, you'll also remember that we were thinking about keeping him, just to honor his courage and his will to live, but we didn't think we could.
Well here's the thing. He's a she! Yes, believe it or not, in a coup full of roosters (we could never keep roosters in our neighborhood), she's a hen, and a strong hen at that. You know what this means, right?
We get to keep her! The truth is we've been trying to find a fourth hen to add to our layer flock, because we've not been getting enough eggs. She's perfect! She's strong, she's willful and she's a survivor. She'll be able to take care of herself as she's introduced to the other girls and also give us lots of eggs. There's no doubt about it.
You'll remember that Robin suggested the perfect name, "Storm". So please welcome her to our permanent flock. She's certainly earned a spot.
Spring Garden Acre is a blog about our family's gardening adventures. We call our place Spring Garden Acre, because we live on Spring Road with about an acre. We're located in zone 6b of south central PA. We grow peaches, berries, vegetables and keep a few chickens for eggs and meat.
That's a cute story, a perfect name :o) and she probably will be the backbone of your chicken stock :o)
ReplyDeleteYAY!!!! Welcome, Storm. I know you'll be a fine, brave hen!
ReplyDeleteI am glad to hear it! It seems like things always work themselves out.
ReplyDeleteI am so happy to hear that you are keeping her and that you named her Storm!! I'm sure that she will be very grateful and provide you and your family with lots and lots of eggs!!
ReplyDeleteHopefully she will lay many eggs. I was thinking of the character storm in X-Men but your boys is too young to know this still ;-).
ReplyDeletePerfect! Leave it to the ladies to be the fighters!
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